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      <p>Australian Capital Territory Evidence (Temporary Provisions) Act 1971</p>
      <p>No. 66, 1971</p>
      <p><b>Compilation start date:</b><b>	</b><b>	</b>30 December 1981</p>
      <p><b>Includes amendments up to:</b><b>	</b>Act No 176, 1981</p>
      <p>
        <b>About this compilation</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>This compilation</b>
      </p>
      <p>This is a compilation of the <i>Australian Capital Territory Evidence (Temporary Provisions) Act 1971</i> that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 30 December 1981 (the <b><i>compilation date</i></b>).</p>
      <p>The notes at the end of this compilation (the <b><i>endnotes</i></b>) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.</p>
      <p>
        <b>Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments</b>
      </p>
      <p>If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.</p>
      <p>
        <b>Modifications</b>
      </p>
      <p>If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified.</p>
      <p>
        <b>Self</b>
        <b>-repealing provisions</b>
      </p>
      <p>If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.</p>
      <p>Contents</p>
      <p>1	Short title	1</p>
      <p>2	Commencement	1</p>
      <p>3	Validation of provisions of Australian Capital Territory Evidence Ordinance	1</p>
      <p>Endnotes	2</p>
      <p>Endnote 1—Legislation history	2</p>
      <p>Endnote 2—Amendment history	3</p>
      <p>An Act to make temporary provision for the Law of Evidence in the Australian Capital Territory</p>
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        <num>1</num>
        <heading>Short title</heading>
        <content>
          <p>		This Act may be cited as the <i>Australian Capital Territory Evidence</i><i> </i><i>(Temporary Provisions) Act 1971</i>.</p>
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      <section eId="sec-2">
        <num>2</num>
        <heading>Commencement</heading>
        <content>
          <p>This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the nineteenth day of August, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one.</p>
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        <num>3</num>
        <heading>Validation of provisions of Australian Capital Territory Evidence Ordinance</heading>
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          <num>1</num>
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            <p>	(1)	The provisions of the Australian Capital Territory<i> Evidence Ordinance</i><i> </i><i>1971</i> contained in Australian Capital Territory Ordinance No. 4 of 1971 shall, notwithstanding its disallowance by the Senate, continue in force.</p>
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        <subsection eId="sec-3__subsec-2">
          <num>2</num>
          <content>
            <p>	(2)	Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the amendment or repeal by an Ordinance under the <i>Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910</i> of the provisions continued in force by that subsection.</p>
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        </subsection>
        <subsection eId="sec-3__subsec-3">
          <num>3</num>
          <content>
            <p>	(3)	The <i>Interpretation Ordinance 1967</i> of the Australian Capital Territory, as amended and in force from time to time, applies, and shall be deemed to have always applied, to the provisions continued in force by subsection (1).</p>
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            <p>Endnotes</p>
            <p>Endnote 1—Legislation history</p>
            <p>This endnote sets out details of the legislation history of the <i>Australian Capital Territory Evidence (Temporary Provisions) Act 1971.</i></p>
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              <th>Act</th>
              <th>Number and year</th>
              <th>Assent</th>
              <th>Commencement</th>
              <th>Application, saving and transitional provisions</th>
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              <td>Australian Capital Territory Evidence (Temporary Provisions) Act 1971</td>
              <td>66, 1971</td>
              <td>26 Aug 1971</td>
              <td>19 Aug 1971 (s 2)</td>
              <td></td>
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              <td>Australian Capital Territory Evidence (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972</td>
              <td>10, 1972</td>
              <td>30 Mar 1972</td>
              <td>30 Mar 1972 (s 2)</td>
              <td>—</td>
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              <td>Australian Capital Territory Evidence (Temporary Provisions) Act 1973</td>
              <td>10, 1973</td>
              <td>31 Mar 1973</td>
              <td>31 Mar 1973 (s 2)</td>
              <td>—</td>
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              <td>Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1981</td>
              <td>176, 1981</td>
              <td>2 Dec 1981</td>
              <td>s 11 and 12: 30 Dec 1981 (s 2 item 12)</td>
              <td>—</td>
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            <p>Endnote 2—Amendment history</p>
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              <th>Provision affected</th>
              <th>How affected</th>
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            <tr>
              <td>s 3</td>
              <td>am No 10, 1972; No 10, 1973; No 176, 1981</td>
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